Sun Management Center 4.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

Sample Sun Management Center Fresh Installation

The following sample scenarios provide summaries of the major steps required to install Sun Management Center for the first time and to upgrade previous versions of Sun Management Center to Sun Management Center 4.0.


Note –

To install, upgrade, and set up Sun Management Center, you must log in as root on each machine.


In this example, the Sun Management Center server, agent, console, and the Advanced System Monitoring (ASM) add-on are to be installed on three machines as follows:

Sun Management Center has not been installed on any of the machines.

The following procedure summarizes the major steps required to install Sun Management Center and ASM.

ProcedureTo Install Sun Management Center and ASM

  1. Make sure each machine is a supported platform.

    See Supported Platforms.

  2. Make sure each machine has the required resources.

    See Preinstallation Checklist.

  3. Determine whether you will install from the media or from a installation image.

    See Determining the Installation Source.

  4. Install the server on machine B as described in Installing Sun Management Center.

    During installation:

    1. Select the server layer. The agent layer is automatically selected.

    2. Select the Advanced System Monitoring add-on.

      Advanced System Monitoring enables advanced monitoring capabilities for the server machine. For further information, see Additional Add-on Products.

  5. Set up the Sun Management Center server on machine B.

    When the system has rebooted, type the command /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-guisetup to set up the Sun Management Center server.

    When setting up the server:

    • Provide a password to generate the security key.

      The password must be the same for all Sun Management Center machines.

    • Provide an SNMPv1 security string.

      The security string must be the same for all Sun Management Center machines.

    When server setup is finished, the Advanced System Monitoring setup is performed.

    When Advanced System Monitoring setup is finished, you are given the option to start Sun Management Center components. Start all components.

  6. Install the agent on machine C as described in Installing Sun Management Center.

    During installation:

    1. Select the agent layer.

    2. Select the Advanced System Monitoring add-on

      Advanced System Monitoring enables advanced monitoring capabilities for the agent machine. For further information, see Additional Add-on Products.


      Note –

      If you need to install the agent on several machines, you can create an agent-update image and install the agent using the image as described in New LINK.


    When the agent installation is finished, you are given the option to run setup. Run setup.

  7. Set up Sun Management Center agent on machine C.

    When setting up the agent:

    • Provide the same security key password that you provided in Step 5.

    • Provide the same SNMPv1 community string that you provided in Step 5.

    • Provide the name of the Sun Management Center server machine.

    When agent setup is finished, you are given the option to start the Sun Management Center agent. Start the agent.

  8. Install the console on machine A as described in Installing Sun Management Center.

    During installation:

    1. Select the console layer.

    2. Select the Advanced System Monitoring add-on.

      Advanced System Monitoring includes console components and menus.

    When the console installation is finished, you are given the option to run setup. Run setup.

    When setup is finished, start the console by typing the command /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -c.